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Boxing Vitali Klitschko, the former WBC heavyweight champion, has postponed his comeback bout against Jameel McCline in Munich in 11 days after suffering a back injury during training in Austria. Klitschko, 36, had surgery on an acutely herniated disc and will be in hospital for three days and unable to train for six weeks.

Klitschko, the elder brother of Wladimir, the IBF champion, retired two years ago after a series of injuries. He last boxed against Danny Williams in December 2004. “I’ll have to wait and see how it heals and then plan